I’ve understood it, modified it, built it into a plexiglass case. The hardest part was figuring out how it all interconnects internally. I won’t attempt to explain that here. Instead, … Read More

It’s been a month since I last posted. Now getting back to the Fyrall project. I’m calling it Fyrall Mutant, because I’ve made a number of modifications from Peter Blasser’s … Read More

It’s alive! The Fyrall board is assembled, with some of the modifications I discussed previously. I’m still working out the the panel design. The panel has to come last, because … Read More

I was gifted the above PC board, which is a Fyrall by Ciat-Lonbarde (Peter Blasser). While awaiting the panel for my Dual Benjolin project (previous post), I dug into the … Read More

Ciat-Lonbarde instruments are getting older and sometimes need a replacement knob. I found a perfect match, Mouser part number 450-4660, also the same part number from Eagle Plastic Devices. It … Read More

Not long ago I built a DIY Cocoquantus Delay. I received a second PC board from Josh Rodriquez, and he reminded me to use it for tracing the delay circuit … Read More

Mido-based gear designed by Peter Blasser typically centers audio signals at a +4.5 volt bias, which Peter refers to as “mido”, i.e. middle. And these signals are roughly 4 volts … Read More

I received a bunch of Ciat-Lonbarde printed circuit boards made by Josh Rodriquez from paper circuit images or of his own design. He gave me these in appreciation of the … Read More

Shown above is part of the patch used to create these compositions.  The Quantussy section of Cocoquantus is patched to Eurorack modules: Fourses and the L-1 Stereo VC Mixer.  It’s … Read More

This diagram shows a generic quantussy cell, as I call it. See What Is The Quantussy for more information. It’s the name of the five oscillator cluster in Peter Blasser’s … Read More